Hi all. This might be a stupid question, but I gotta know.

I have been buying succulents with roots. Lately, I've run across succulent cuttings. I have planted them "as is", and I have also used Root Hormone Powder. 1...2...3 weeks later, there are no visible roots showing. But the plants are healthy and growing. I've re-potted 2 of them Today, with no roots showing.

How long should they sit in a pot before I re-plant them. Does roots "showing" matter?

Are you able to add some pics? It's a fine question, but there are too many "succulents" to answer this question generically.

Rooting stuff shouldn't be necessary. I don't own any of that and succulents hardly ever fail to propagate, if manipulated in a way they find acceptable.

How do you know roots have not formed yet?

Pictures...no. I have to ask my son to come over with his cell phone for pictures. Not that easy to get ahold of him.
"How do I know roots have not formed yet? When transplanting after 2-3 weeks in its original pot, there are not root visible. I even have a baby Echevaria plant that was cut on June 14. Replanted June 30...no roots showing, but its doing great.

Right now, my "succulents" consist of 6 Jade plants, 2 Echevaria plants, and 3 freebies that came with the mail order plants.

That sounds like a cute collection. : ) Are they inside or outside? Once the cuttings are installed in a pot, I wouldn't disturb them for a long time. If you're nervous about getting the soil too wet, you can use a squirt bottle to mist around the surface without adding much water to the soil.

Rotting a cutting takes time. I would not typically disturb a cutting for at least 2 months, and only then after it is clear from top growth that the cutting has rooted. With Echeverias it is typically in the range of 4-6 weeks before a meaningful change is evident. Maybe 3-8 weeks on the outside, except for very difficult cases. Don't pull them looking for roots. You will only worsen the situation doing that. There is absolutely no benefit to the plant.

You are looking for two changes. First the decline of a cutting, which is mostly a sort of deflation as the succulence leaves the plant. Leaves will look less puffed up, sometimes change shape (eg. curl). This is usually accompanied by leaf loss and often by a color change. Second the rejuvenation of said cutting, which is a visible increase in succulence accompanied by new activity evident in the growth centers, and often an overall greening up.

From what you have described, you haven't even experienced the first change yet. So put the cuttings in a good place, sit back and leave them alone, and water them only when the soil has gone dry at depth.

If it would be possible it might be helpful (for your own benefit) to take pictures every so often. Just so you can do that key A to B comparison where you flip back and forth between two days, which tells you more than your visual memory may be able to retain. I learn lots of things from pictures, which I use as a sort of notebook or journal with my plant growing.

purpleinopp said: That sounds like a cute collection. : ) Are they inside or outside? Once the cuttings are installed in a pot, I wouldn't disturb them for a long time. If you're nervous about getting the soil too wet, you can use a squirt bottle to mist around the surface without adding much water to the soil.

All inside plants